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services to their consumers, with the development of ICT technology and the
era of digital economy, most business has become simple, easy and up to date.
The statistics of ICT used and e-commerce are important in order to
monitor the resilient infrastructure of ICT and sustainable industrialisation in
Malaysia as indicated in the SDGs by 2016, the proportion of the population
covered by a third generation (3G) mobile broadband network stood at 61 per
cent in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and 84 per cent globally. Based
on the result, Malaysia has improved on the ICT infrastructure especially on
the access and development of information and communications technology
and strives to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet. These
efforts will make the e-commerce business become more competitive in order
to generate employment, income, facilitate international trade and enable the
efficient use of resources as targeted in goal 9 of SDGs. The fast growth of e-
commerce business and ICT’s technology will accelerate economic growth,
connectivity, mobility and well-being of the people.

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3. Department of Statistics Malaysia (2017). ICT Use and Access by
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